It seemed much longer

Rating: 3/10 (21 July 2005)

About ten minutes into The Island, I realized what a mistake I had made. I should have never accepted the invitation to go to a free screening. It would have been time more well spent, if had come home from work and gotten some laundry done.
The film reminded me of the conceptual films of a bygone era, a la Soylent Green or A Clock Orange, although not really so well done. There were about one hundred too many car crashes and overly done attempts at representing the future with flying cycles and 2005 model-year cars. The word "rediculous" comes to mind.
Overall, this viewer was bored from wire to wire. I can't really hold the acting responsible. It was a poorly written script. When I think of all the talent going unpublished, it irks me that such bad writing can go so far.